Swedish metal act Evergrey are currently in the studio working on their fifth album, tentatively titled "The Inner Circle". The CD will be self-produced by vocalist Tom Englund and guitarist Henrik Danhage and Arnold Lindberg will engineered. Look for it this spring on Inside Out Music.
The Rasmus are starting to prepare themselves to unleash their album "Dead Letters" on us poor folk in the US. After that, Japan.
Swedish booking agency Luger has added Monkeystrikes and Mattias Alkberg BD (Bear Quartet) to their roster. Look for new tourdates from both of them shortly.
Upcoming Swedish tourdates for Last Days of April with my pals KVLR supporting:
03/05 - Smedjan, Köping
03/06 - Club Fever @ Pianobaren, Trollhättan
03/12 - Debaser, Stockholm
03/13 - Valhall, Falun
03/17 - Smålands Nation, Lund
03/19 - Kalmar Nation, Uppsala
03/27 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg
04/01 - Tinghuset, Östersund
04/02 - Pinkerton, Skellefteå
Danish singer/songwriter Lise Westzynthius will release her new album "Rock, You Can Fly" in March. The album was produced by the UK's Ian Caple (Adam Ant, Stina Nordenstam, Tindersticks, Tricky) and here is the tracklist:
01. Break Another Heart
02. Rock, You Can Fly
03. Cowboys And Indians
04. Sans Souci
05. Dead Angle
06. Séance
07. The Wreck
08. Northernmost
09. Mousquetaire
10. Sunstroke
11. Reparation
12. Return To Take-Off
More info: http://gaffa.dk/nyheder/view.php/news_id=11557 (in Danish)
The Norwegian Kiss-tribute supergroup Black Diamond Brigade will play a one-off show in Bergen, Norway on February 14. As mentioned before, the lineup features Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro, guitar), Billy Gould (Faith No More, bass), Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven (Satyricon, guitar), Torgny Amdam (Amulet, vocals) and Tarjei Strøm (Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band, drums). For more info along with an audio interview with Tarjei, go to Norway's Kiss Army website: http://www.kissarmynorway.com/ (in Norwegian)
Deathprod aka Helge Sten (Supersilent, ex-Motorpsycho) recently finished mixing the new project "On", a collaboration between Chicago-based percussionist Steve Hess and French artist Sylvain Chauveau. The music is described as "calm improv" and it should be out sometime this fall. Look for the duo to tour the US this spring, too.
The upcoming January releases from Rune Grammofon have been pushed back a week, so Skyphone's "Fabula" now comes out on the 19th and the Susanna and the Magical Orchestra debut "List of Lights and Buoys" comes out the 26th.
MIC Norway previews the Wuha festival, which is set to feature some of the country's top acts: http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004011915035697945525
The Moonbabies recently debuted their new live band with a show at Debaser in Stockholm last Friday and are starting to line up even more gigs to promote the new album "The Orange Billboard". I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's an amazing pop album, one of the best things I heard last year. But of course you don't have to take it from me, you can decide for yourself by heading over to their brand new microsite to hear soundclips from every song as well as reviews and some new in-store dates.
Dusted interviews Finnish electronic artist Luomo: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/166
Logh, one of my favorite bands, has started booking tourdates for the spring and they say they'll be doing a few shows in Sweden, Norway and the UK, as well as a lot in Mainland Europe. No details yet, but I'm sure they'll be coming soon. They also report that they've started to rehearse material for the next album and even have a plan. If you remember, the original recordings for "The Raging Sun" were scrapped and they were forced to start over again from scratch. No fun. I doubt they want to repeat that.
The first Organism 12 single from the new album "Petar På Döda Saker Med Pinnar" will be the Flyphonic-produced track "Sångfågel". It will be out on both CDS and 12" vinyl on January 26 from JuJu Records. There will be a video featuring cameos from Flyphonic and actor Johan Rabéus on the way, too.
Also coming up from JuJu is some new stuff from Spotrunnaz. Miki and Moe are currently in the studio and should have something ready later this year.